Research Article
The Pattern of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in a Single Tertiary Center in Saudi Arabia
Table 2
General characteristics of JIA patients.
| JIA subtype | Number of cases (%) | Gender | Age of onset (yr) | Duration of follow-up (yr) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Range | Mean (SD) | Range | Mean (SD) |
| Oligoarticular | 23 (28.04) | 10 (43.47) | 13 (56.52) | 1–12.3 | 4.78 ± 2.91 | 0.7–8 | 2.68 ± 1.86 | Polyarticular RF-positive | 4 (4.87) | 0 | 4 (100) | 10–14.5 | 12.3 ± 2.78 | 0.5–5 | 2.2 ± 1.964 | Polyarticular RF-negative | 20 (24.39) | 6 (30) | 14 (70) | 2.5–12.4 | 8.12 ± 3.47 | 0.6–5.8 | 2.85 ± 1.376 | Systemic | 30 (36.5) | 13 (43.33) | 17 (56.66) | 0.7–12.6 | 7.25 ± 3.47 | 0.5–6.8 | 2.37 ± 1.61 | Psoriatic | 4 (4.87) | 1 (25) | 3 (75) | 4.7–12.2 | 8.47 ± 3.09 | 1.3–6.6 | 3.97 ± 2.17 | ERA | 1 (1.21) | 1 (100) | 0 | — | — | — | 4.8 |
| Total | 82 (100) | 31 (37.8) | 51 (62.2) | 0.7–14.5 | 7.11 ± 3.65 | 0.5–8 | 2.67 ± 1.68 |
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ERA: enthesitis-related arthritis.
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